Buddha on Vegetarianism

“One who eats meat kills the seed of great compassion.”

“I say that on three instances meat should not be partaken, when seen, heard or when there is a doubt.”

“From eating [meat] arrogance is born, from arrogance erroneous imaginations issue, and from imagination is born greed; and for this reason refrain from eating [meat].”

“I can affirm that a person who neither eats the flesh of other beings nor wears any part of the bodies of other beings, nor even thinks of eating or wearing these things, is a person who will gain liberation.”